Pawford, Ch 5: It's Just a Skin Flick
It escalated from there until i hurled myself right at him; i considered it was the ultimate checkmate move... it worked well enough for me in college... but at that point i had grossly misjudged not only our weight difference, but also cj's wrestling
Good Enough (One More Game)
"that's checkmate," barny realized. "you lost." "exactly," ozzy explained. "even a pawn can take a king."
Merc's Metamorphs, Ch 33
"is checkmate."
Unjust Love. A Shepherd's Love. Part Two.
“checkmate!" tan colt yipped, jumping in the air as bradley came up behind him, slightly out of breath from taking the stairs so fast and running over to help.
My Journey Through High School: Chapter 13: State Chess Championships Part 1
I found him checkmated in seven moves. i felt good and went out to relax after we reported to the results desk. "that was quick," coach said. "add one point to our roster," i said smiling, "we're doing good."
Only Human (revised), Chapter 3
checkmate." "well said, and well played." he observed the board a moment, the opening was intentional. the purpose of chess was to teach his son to look towards to future and see the endgame, which he had.
Chapter 19
His bones ached for the confrontation that he might put the pieces into a true checkmate before his grip on this body was lost.
A Happy, Wiggly Couple!
"checkmate." she holds her hands together, smiling. the goat covers his face, moping. "d'aww...that's the third time i've lost this game." the centipede tilts her head. "yeah, i'm noticing you haven't been completely focused on the game lately."
The Raised Tails
As the clock finally showed 4:00pm he yelled out "checkmate!" and immediately shut down his computer, got up from the chair and walked out of his office while saying goodbye to some co-workers he had startled because of his yelling.
The Keyhole (Ch. 13)
"well, what's important is that you two are talking," steve said as he moved his king out of the way, unknowingly into an easy checkmate for mary. chaz listened to the conversation between the two friends as he looked around.
Times are changing
I had him in checkmate, the company had a policy that they had to honour that notice, if they fire me before the two-week notice is over i get what ever days are left as double time pay.
Salvaged Ch. 1: Initial Contact
"computer claims checkmate," the voice continued. "ah, hell." he slammed the apple down on the table. _that's what i get for being too aggressive, he thought. always happens- i create my own weak point and it gets exploited.